Pampas Cat

Mammals > Carnivorans

The Pampas Cat (Leopardus colocola) is a small, enigmatic Neotropical felid indigenous to the temperate grasslands, arid scrublands, and montane steppes of southern and western South America. Historically considered a single polytypic species exhibiting staggering...

European Ash

Plants > Broadleaf Trees

OverviewThe European Ash (Fraxinus excelsior), known in mythology as the World Tree Yggdrasil that binds the nine realms in Norse cosmology, is one of the tallest, most graceful, and ecologically indispensable native deciduous hardwood trees in Europe. Belonging to...

Coast Horned Lizard

Reptiles > Lizards

OverviewThe Coast Horned Lizard (Phrynosoma blainvillii), affectionately celebrated throughout California history as the ‘horny toad’, is a flat, spiky, and iconic desert-and-chaparral reptile belonging to the family Phrynosomatidae. Once an abundant and...

Ornate Box Turtle

Reptiles > Turtles & Tortoises

OverviewThe Ornate Box Turtle (Terrapene ornata), also known as the Western Box Turtle or Prairie Box Turtle, is a charming, brightly colored terrestrial turtle belonging to the American pond turtle family Emydidae. The official state reptile of Kansas and Nebraska,...

Crowned Eagle

Birds > Birds of Prey

OverviewThe Crowned Eagle (Stephanoaetus coronatus), widely celebrated as Africa’s counterpart to the South American Harpy Eagle, is the most powerful, ferocious, and acrobatic forest raptor on the African continent. Inhabiting the towering, dense rainforest...